Due to the continual tilt of the earth toward Polaris sometimes the North Pole faces the sun and sometimes it is hidden behind the rest of the earth. When the North Pole is in darkness, the South Pole is in light, and vice versa.
On March 21 and September 21, these dates mark about the period during which the sun either sets or rises for the next six months, depending on the pole. The phenomenon happens essentially in opposition.
For example, at the North Pole, the sun sets on September 21 and rises on March 21.
The South Pole will get 24 hours of daylight during the Summer Solstice in December. The North Pole will get 24 hours of daylight during the Summer Solstice in June.
well it is because the north and south pole are the farthest away from the sun.
north and south
Never. The sun never goes past about 23 degrees north or south of the equator.
it becomes a magnet in it s own right with north and south poles
It doesn't matter if two south or two north poles meet, the will create a sort-of-force-field around that pole. For the south pole, it is attracted to north poles and averted from its own kind. For north, vice versa.
During summer, the North Pole is pointed toward the Sun, During winter, the North Pole is pointed away from the Sun. The South Pole points in the opposite direction from the North Pole, so that when it is summer in the Northern Hemisphere, it's winter in the Southern Hemisphere. Spring and fall follow this same pattern.
During the equinoxes, when the Sun is at its highest, it will be at a distance from the zenith which is the same as your geographical latitude, but in the opposite direction. For example, if you live 50 degrees north of the equator, the Sun will be 50 degrees south of the zenith at noon.
At the time of the equinoxes, the sun's rays would be nominally tangent to the Earth at the north and south poles. Those are 90 degrees north and south of the equator respectively. Also I think at either 23.5 degrees north or 23.5 degrees south at sunrise and sunset.
The sun is north of the equator for 6 months every year, and south of the equator during the other 6 months. In order to accomplish these gyrations, it crosses the equator twice a year ... on March 21 moving north, and on September 22 moving south.
It depends on what the date is. During the European summer ( or ozzie winter ) the sun will be north. During ozzie summer sun is south. At the equinoxes the sun will be dead overhead and won't give any indication of where north is.
north and south
During the equinoxes, when the Sun is at its highest, it will be at a distance from the zenith which is the same as your geographical latitude, but in the opposite direction. For example, if you live 50 degrees north of the equator, the Sun will be 50 degrees south of the zenith at noon.
The spring and autumn equinoxes, when day is equal to night in both hemispheres.
March and September Equinoxes: the Equator (zero latitude)June Solstice: Tropic of Cancer, 23.5 degrees north latitudeDecember Solstice: Tropic of Capricorn, 23.5 degrees south latitude
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At the north and south poles . . . all the time Everywhere else . . . on the occasion of the equinoxes, March 21 and September 21.
Equinoxes are the two points among the stars where the sun's apparent annual path crosses the celestial equator. Solstices are the two points among the stars where the sun's apparent annual path reaches its extremes, north and south of the celestial equator.
During April, the sun is moving from south to north, heading north.